Sega DreamCast 2

[Deleted-355425]

They're cheap and easy to run homebrew on/pirate games (just burn a CD and you're done). It had a decent library too.

its the video out im worried about and haven't looked into much.

 

[daxtsu]

its the video out im worried about and haven't looked into much.

You could always get a VGA box and use it on a TV or monitor with a VGA input. Then you'd have 60 FPS and a pretty clear picture. I could be wrong, but I think most DC games supported VGA.

 

[cvskid]

You could always get a VGA box and use it on a TV or monitor with a VGA input. Then you'd have 60 FPS and a pretty clear picture. I could be wrong, but I think most DC games supported VGA.

True, and the ones that don't support it can be changed to support vga mode.

 

[spotanjo3]

I won't buy this story. Sega didn't say anything about it. I will skip it.

 

[Deleted-355425]

I won't buy this story. Sega didn't say anything about it. I will skip it.

maybe they are just dipping their 'e-toe' into the waters.

 

[spotanjo3]

maybe they are just dipping their 'e-toe' into the waters.

LOL. Perhaps.. Perhaps not.

 

[TotalInsanity4]

Well, whatever it is, we have 1 day and 19 hours to figure out if they're bluffing

 

[Geno Breaker]

Heck the graphics were proven to be BETTER on the dreamcast than the PS2

lmfao that's straight up false. The PS2 outclassed the Dreamcast. The only advantage the Dreamcast had was that arcade ports were easier to do on it but the PS2 was definitely more powerful overall.

I don't know why people keep posting this shit. Maybe the majority of Dreamcast fans are still mad the PS2 won the console war?

 

[Bladexdsl]

maybe they are just dipping their 'e-toe' into the waters.

well they can stick their dirty E-Toe up their ass they had their chance with consoles and blew it!

 

[TotalInsanity4]

1 day / 1 hour / 10 minutes / 22 seconds...

... until we all get rickrolled

 

[Sakitoshi]

10 hours left...



...for disappointment.

 

[TotalInsanity4]

Well, everyone, prepare to be disappointed

 

[Harsky]

Jeez why does my eyes bleed from looking at that site?

 

[Chickenhunterx]

That.... was a waste of time

 

[Bladexdsl]

their site and their product both SUCK. GEEZ who makes a dynamic annoying site like that these days?!

 

[TotalInsanity4]

The thing that REALLY worries me is that they don't have any actual designated hardware engineers. Everyone on the team has "Research and Development" by their names, but what does that even mean?? It just kind of feels like we have a small group of PC enthusiasts that slapped together a mid-range HTPC and are going to walk into Sega HQ to show them a PowerPoint

 

[Bladexdsl]

this thing will never see the light of day

 

[TeamScriptKiddies]

this thing will never see the light of day

Yep, that's what I'm thinking. Project Dream has nothing to show, although I applaud the effort (petitioning and all that), but think about it, they only got 24k signatures (rounding for simplicity). Is that an awful lot of signatures? Yes, but in the grander scheme of things where a console typically sells in the tens of millions durinf an average lifespan (between 5-10 years, if the console is a success) 24k is nothing. Its not worthbthe risk given sega's history with hardware.

Instead what Project Dream should put their efforts towards an unofficial custom pc which is optimized for dreamcast emulation (among other classic sega consoles).

Emulation itself is pretty much legal just about everywhere. Just dont pack any roms/isos with it and they coukd ship worldwide (for the most part). Have the usual disclaimer that users should be respecting applicable copyright laws for their region/country . heck, the thiinf could even play original DC/Saturn discs *shrugs*

They justvcant market the custom pc as an actual dc/clone or w/e to avoid patent and trademark issues.

This would be a niche item for a small market (not something sega would be interested in. ) project dream however could make a small business out of it and cater to sega retro fans..

 

[Deleted member 333767]

Oh look it's another Infinium Phantom *COUGH* i mean vapourware *COUGH* i mean a legitimate crowdsourced project and the creator will totally show a video of a completely legitimate prototype and will absolutely not run off with the money later.

People who pledge hard-earned cash to projects like this deserved to get burned.

 

[Bladexdsl]

these guys should rename it to Project Pipe Dream